Doras
| Doras | |
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| Doras dorsalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Doradidae |
| Subfamily: | Doradinae |
| Genus: | Doras Lacepède, 1803 |
| Type species | |
| Silurus carinatus Linnaeus, 1766
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| Synonyms | |
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Mormyrostoma | |
Doras is a genus of thorny catfishes native to tropical South America.
Species
[edit]There are currently five recognized species in this genus (three species - D. eigenmanni, D. fimbriatus and D. punctatus have recently been moved to the new genus Ossancora):[1]
- Doras carinatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Doras higuchii Sabaj Pérez & Birindelli, 2008
- Doras micropoeus (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
- Doras phlyzakion Sabaj Pérez & Birindelli, 2008
- Doras zuanoni Sabaj Pérez & Birindelli, 2008
Fossil species
[edit]- †Doras dioneae Sabaj Pérez, Aguilera & Lundberg, 2007 (Miocene)
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Doras". FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ Birindelli, J.L.O. & Sabaj Pérez, M. (2011): "Ossancora, new genus of thorny catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Doradidae) with description of one new species". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 161: 117–152.
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